Fortified by a cup of coffee and a doughnut, about a dozen volunteers for the Evanston mayoral campaign of 6th Ward Alderman Mark Tendam met at his home Saturday morning, then spread out across the city with campaign signs and information designed to get out the vote for the alderman in the upcoming primary.

After a hearing that lasted two-and-a-half hours, members of Evanston's Electoral Board this noon promised to act Wednesday on objections filed by one mayoral candidate seeking to kick the four other candidates off the ballot.

Candance Chow, president of the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Board, and Russell Kohnken, running for his first term on the Evanston Township High School District 202 Board, will be the first names listed on the ballot for their respective positions in the April 4 school board elections.

A citizens group faces a deadline next week to gather nearly 2,000 petition signatures to place a referendum on the April election ballot in Evanston that would increase sales and other taxes to raise over $7 million a year to fund a new independent police review board.